Former casino owner Poster won’t appeal gaming suitability rejection
Tim Poster and Tom Breitling, former owners of The Golden Nugget in Downtown Las Vegas, and players in the short lived show about the hotel. By HOWARD STUTZ LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Former Golden Nugget owner Tim Poster decided late Wednesday…
Las Vegas Bookies Fret Final NFL Week Odds Not Knowing Who Plays
original story from Bloomberghttp://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-12-19/las-vegas-bookies-fret-final-nfl-week-odds-not-knowing-who-plays.html By Mason Levinson and Erik Matuszewski Dec 19, 2013 Vegas Oddsmaker Vaccaro on Biggest NFL Losses The final week of the National Football League season has already started in Las Vegas . Just behind the ticket…
Cult Classic Poker Film to Get a Reboot with Rounders 2
http://www.onlinepokerreport.com/9707/sequel-to-classic-poker-movie-rounders-coming/ Replies: Posted by: Finisher on December 19, 2013, 1:53 am I am still waiting for a good craps film . You would think that as boring as cards is they sure could make a good craps film . There…
Poker racketeer 'used mixed martial arts fighters to collect debts for Russian Mob
Kirill Rapoport pleaded guilty in August to running poker games in Manhattan. He’s one of more than 30 people charged in connection with a $100 million gambling operation tied to Russian mobsters. The feds contend he used threats of violence…
Day 1 of AC casino auction ends without winner
Exterior of the Atlantic Club hotel and casino. ( MICHAEL BRYANT / Staff Photographer ) WAYNE PARRY, The Associated Press POSTED: Tuesday, December 17, 2013, 10:41 PM ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) – Eleven hours of bidding for an Atlantic City…
Fontainebleau resort in Fla. advances plan for gambling
Brian Bandell Senior Reporter-South Florida Business Journal The Fontainebleau resort hotel in Miami Beach got a $123 million boost to its loan through refinancing and signed an agreement that foreshadows its plans for legalized gambling. It also appears the ownership…
Colorado explores online gambling as virtual and mobile casinos boom
Over the past two decades, as the Internet and technology boom altered how other brick-and-mortar businesses operated, the U.S. casino industry continued to generate virtually all of its gaming revenue offline. That’s now changing state-by-state, and a domino effect is…
Echelon may get new life.
The stalled Echelon Place construction site and former Stardust site is seen Dec. 2, 2013. Malaysia-based Genting Group bought the 87-acre development from Boyd Gaming Corp earlier this year and plans to build a $2 billion hotel-casino complex. (Jeff Scheid/Las…
Legal flaw allows night clubs and casinos across Turkey to open as 'political parties'
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Bermuda scraps referendum on casino gambling
HAMILTON, Bermuda (AP) – The government of Bermuda says it will no longer hold a referendum as promised on whether the island should legalize casinos. Premier Craig Cannonier told reporters Friday that legislators will instead address the issue through an…